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Womb of Great Compassion (Daiiji
Taizō). See Wo m b Wo r l d
Wo m b Wo r l d
Annen’s naming of, as “Womb World”
(Taizōkai), 772
concentric layout of, 723, 723f.2
gong plan I-shaped layout of, 722,
722f.1
women, 171n, 445, 544–45, 547, 553, 554,
558, 629, 785, 809, 813, 882, 893, 895,
902–03
Blood Pool Hell awaiting, 896
Ishiyamadera engi tales and, 902–3
jewel women, 893
mikos (female mediums), 811, 1004
Nara period nunneries, 906, 908
Shingi-Shingon and, 1014–15
Shingon Risshū nuns, 1014–15
yoni symbolism of Butsumo’s flaming
triangle, 726
Yōsai’s gendered sun and moon
symbolism and, 832–33
words and images
human hair embroidery and, 889–91
Kūkai on relationship between, 87
stūpa empowerment and, 591–92
see also linguistic power
Wuliangshou rulai guanxing gongyang
yigui (T.930), 218, 281, 334, 930
Wutaishan
cult of Cundī at, 219
as pilgrimage site for both Chinese and
Tibetan traditions, 568
renovation of Jin’ge Monastery at
during the Tang, 265
syncretism of exoteric and esoteric
Buddhist forms at, 104
Wu Zetian, Empress of China
Buddhist text translation to sup-
port her political ambitions, 183,
268n.17, 269–71, 275, 289
failure to complete the bronze Great
Buddha of China by, 905n.4
role of relics and stūpas in the politics
of, 148n.10
support of Chan master Shenxiu by,
308
support of Huayan master Fazang by,
308
Wu Zhao. See Wu Zetian, Empress of China
Xuanzang
concept of icchantikas (Jpn. issendai)
and, 786
Fazang’s opposition to, 786
Hossō founder Doshō and, 661
Shensha, King of Ghosts and, 121
yakṣa rites, and antinomian rites
impacting the evolution of esoteric
Buddhism, 20
yamabushi
described, 811, 1018–19
robes emulating Fudō Myōō worn by,
1018
Yama (Lord of Death), recast as Chinese
judge and magistrate, 125, 126f.6
Ya m ā n t a k a
description of, 109–10, 111f.10
Mahāvairocana sūtra as early source in
China of, 110
Renwang jing rituals and, 110
Three Ācāryas writings and
translations and, 110
Yang Yi’s revisions of Daoyuan’s Jingde
chuandeng lu, 446
Yasunori, Kamo no, Abe no Seimei and,
690
Yee Wan Ko (Yi Yungao), reincarnation
claims of, 571
Yicao
construction of esoteric arenas and,
287n.3, 291n.12
initiation of Faquan, 325
introduced, 323–24
Yijing
and stūpa circumambulation, 147n.6
Av at a m ̣saka sūtra T. 279 translated
with Śikṣānanda by, 272
biography in the Song gaoseng zhuan of
Zanning, 272n.40
Empress Wu’s legitimation facilitated
by, 269
Foshuo Foding zunsheng tuoluoni jing
T. 971 translated by, 273
Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī-dhāraṇī sūtra
(T. 985), 44, 188
Mahāratnakūta sūtra T.310 translated
with Manicintana by, 268n.17
translations by as indication of range
of esoteric Buddhism in the Tang,
267–68, 272–73
Zhengliaozhi wang yaocha quanzhu fa
translated by, 44
Yijing (Book of Changes) trigrams on
Buddhist votive stūpas, 256–57, 258f.1
yin, ambiguous meaning of as both
mudrā and seal, 77